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Next day in front of local camera, jodie is reunited with his family. >> yeah. >> look at me, baby. >> did you learn anything from this? >> yes. how much i love my children. really how much. its just -- its a lonely feeling. its -- its very emotional. >> days later, authorities are set to bring jeff ducette back to louisiana. retired sheriffs deputy michael barnett -- >> i was one of the two people who went to california to pick jeffrey ducette up and bring him to baton rouge as a prisoner. >> a...

Of support grows for jodies father. >> the next day, the phone was just swamped with people calling, and i would guess 19 out of 20 were very upset about us even booking him for murder. the vast majority of people said, what would you do, he deserved what he got. that sort of thing. >> in the end, gary plouchet pleads no contest to manslaughter and is sentenced to five years probation and community service. >> as a prosecutor, you have to make decisions on every case. here the evidence was clear...

And i notice a gentleman standing by the bank of phones which was about eight feet from me. >> that gentleman is the victims father, gary plouchet. >> i didnt pay too close attention to him because he seemed like a normal passenger waiting for someone. >> didnt know that gary was standing there. i didnt recognize him. i was looking behind the tv lights to see who else was there. >> i had my reporter go close to the security side it let me know when the suspect, jeff ducett, was being brought in....

Go willingly with him to california. i would say that was the closest i came to telling what was going on because i didnt want to go to california. >> afraid of upsetting his family, jodie cars to california a dark secret about jeff ducette. >> jeff had been sexually abusing me the year leading up to california. theres all kind of molesters out there. and most of them are someone that the kid knows and trust. >> back home in louisiana, his parents, unaware of the alleged abuse, hope for any sign...

>> once i was past the pay phone, six feet or so, he turned and fired. [ gunshot ] >> i hear this pop, and upon its almost like a firecracker. >> i turned around, i recognized gary at that point because he was facing me. >> barnetts disbelief can be heard in the footage. >> gary! why, gary? why? >> the film shows i said "why?" hes got a house full of children, and now hes going to spend the rest of his life in a pent. whos -- a penitentiary. whos going to take care of your kids? ive known gary s...

A trusted martial art instructor is accused of kidnapping and abusing one of his students. the victims father uses a gun to take matters into his own hands. [ gunshot ] >> and the horrifying scene is all caught on camera. 1983. jeff ducette teaches noorts children in louisiana. >> theres a lot of throws, takedowns, arm bars, wrist locks, and chokeholds. >> ducette appears to take a special sbint interest in one o students, jody. 1984, jodie disappears, and instructor is also gone. >> we went to ...